This is a dark and hilarious story about two kids, a maratha Hindu, and a roman catholic and their childhood adventures in a CWD chawl in Bombay.

Bawdy and disturbingly funny, the author traverses what may be called the dangerous and controversial territory on the Indian writing scene. The main characters are two kids, innocent and gullible yet rebellious and adamant at the same time . . .
The story takes you to post independence India. The nation that has just tasted freedom, its colours and quirks all going on in the background, the story progresses like a wild romp through the mist of a Bombay Chawl.

Any language is as powerful and capable as you make it and Nagarkar writes with a vicious honesty. The book is filled with gems of a paragraph by the author that make it all so much different from the tame ones. An excerpt :
"Parvati had taken to going to the temple regularly. She prayed with an intensity that must have intimidated the gods. In mythical times they were often caught in the bind. Overwhelmed by the unswerving and relentless force of an ardent disciple's devotion, they were compelled to part with boons. Soon a time came when the devotee's powers posed a threat to the world order and the gods themselves.Desperate for survival, the gods resorted to dubious, unorthodox and underhand methods-- subterfuge, sex not to mention foul play-- to regain the upper hand."

To sum it up Ravan and Eddie is a brave compilation. If you thought gregory david roberts did a frank and bold writeup, wait till you read this one. It compels attention. The characters are the bright lights of the "never say die" human spirit. The Kiran Nagarkar has taken the same spirit and spun it into this cocaphany of words that only he is capable of.